A Court Martial in Abuja has convicted the former Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Maj . Gen . Olusegun Adeniyi. The tribunal on Monday found Adeniyi guilty of violating military social media guidelines and ordered his demotion by at least three years. Adeniyi’ s aide , Private Tokunbo Obanla, who was prosecuted alongside the […]
Residents of Libegun Aregbe village in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun have kicked against alleged demolition of their houses and shrines by the officials of the state government . The villagers said their community which had been in existence for over 450 years, was being demolished without prior notice and due compensation. The Baale […]
A former Aviation Minister and the chieftain of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Femi Fani-Kayode, has urged the federal government to declare a state of emergency, following Boko Haram’s killing of rice farmers in Borno State. Fani-Kayode made the appeal while describing the manner in which Boko Haram killed the farmers as evil. The insurgents […]
A cross ection of women from the 19 northern states on Monday in Abuja protested against the Saturday’s killings of rice farmers by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno state. The women, under the auspices of Northern Women Peace Forum, led by their National Coordinator, Hajiya Binta Kuraye, after a mini rally urged President Muhammadu Buhari […]
Security agents engaged bandits four times between Sunday night and Monday morning in what appeared to be coordinated attacks that claimed the lives of two travellers and two bandits along the Kaduna-Abuja and Kaduna-Zaria road. Kaduna State Police Command told Daily Trust that an attack along Kaduna-Zaria road on Sunday night was a foiled kidnapping […]
Kano State House of Assembly has approved the request of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje to access N20 billion loan from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) through the United Bank for Africa (UBA). At its sitting yesterday(Monday) , the Speaker, Abdulazeez Garba-Gafasa, who read the governor’s request letter, said the infrastructure loan had 9 percent interest […]
At least one person has been killed and several others injured in a feud that ensued between youths of two different settlements in the Water Board area of Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. The clash, which was said to have been triggered on Sunday as a result of a fight between two young men over […]
Debretsion Gebremichael told AFP by phone he was determined to remain in Tigray and fight “as long as these invaders are on our land,” raising the spectre of extended hostilities. Abiy, winner of last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, this month ordered military operations against Debretsion and other leaders of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday secured the conviction of a former banker, Adam Adam, who was sentenced to one-year imprisonment. A statement by the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, noted that the convict was arraigned at the Yobe State High Court sitting in Damaturu by the Maiduguri zonal office of the anti-graft […]
Abdulrasheed Maina, the wanted former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT) was on Monday evening was arrested in Niger Republic by the operatives of Niger Republic intelligence service in collaboration with Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. According to PR Nigeria, the arrest was made possible due to an […]
